By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY MSG — monosodium glutamate, flavor enhancer for Asian foods — is sort of my oppressor. I know you readers would be shocked that I, […]
EDITORIAL: Income inequality
Asians have the highest median income of any race in the United States, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from 1970 to 2016. […]
COMMENTARY: Port of Seattle on travel ban
By Courtney Gregoire and Ryan Calkins Port of Seattle Commissioners The Supreme Court ruling upholding the third “travel ban” was another reminder that we are in the middle of a […]
Seattle mayor picks Carmen Best as new police chief
By GENE JOHNSON ASSOCIATED PRESS SEA.TTLE (AP) — On July 16, the mayor of Seattle picked interim Police Chief Carmen Best to lead the department on a permanent basis as […]
Ousted DOL director has a new job
By Sophia Stephens NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Pat Kohler, who angered immigration groups earlier this year, has been rehired by the state. During her tenure as the director of the Washington […]
Mineta joins fight to challenge citizenship question on Census
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Four Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II asked a New York federal district court on July 10 to prevent the government from including a […]
Chairman of China’s HNA Group dies in accident in France
The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The co-chairman of HNA Group, a conglomerate that operates Hainan Airlines, China’s fourth-largest airline, and racked up tens of billions of dollars in debt […]